Other medications. Your doctor or mental health provider may also prescribe other medications for symptoms of social anxiety, such as: 1  Other antidepressants. 2  You may have to try several different antidepressants to find one that's the most effective for you with the fewest side effects. 3  Anti-anxiety medications.
Female fat distributions. Progesterone & estrogen both play a role in keeping the waist of women smaller. This is because estrogen works against the action of insulin (and testosterone is a belly fat storing hormone in women) while both estrogen and progesterone oppose the action of cortisol. Insulin and cortisol, together with testosterone and low estrogen, are implicated in belly fat deposition in women.
As a bonus, the women had lower levels of dangerous inflammation, a rogue reaction by the immune system that is implicated in heart disease, cancer, diabetes, and Alzheimerâs disease. Milk. It turns out that milk may really do a body good when it comes to belly fat. A 2010 study by researchers at the University of Alabama at Birmingham found that among a group of more than 100 premenopausal women, fat was significantly reduced in those who consumed the most calcium-rich foods.